Editing Cape Coral, Florida (section)

===Canals===
The city has over {{convert|400|mi|km}} of canals.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Cape Coral History |publisher=City of Cape Coral |access-date=October 9, 2008 |url=http://www.capecoral.net/About/History/tabid/470/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918225736/http://www.capecoral.net/About/History/tabid/470/Default.aspx |archive-date=September 18, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Most of the canals are navigable, and some have access to the Gulf of Mexico. Cape Coral's canal system is so extensive that local ecology and tides have been affected.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cape Coral Canals: A Public Conference on Water Quality and Quantity|url=http://www.chnep.org/Events/PublicConf/CapeCoral06/CapeCoralConfReport.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911060658/http://www.chnep.org/Events/PublicConf/CapeCoral06/CapeCoralConfReport.pdf|archive-date=September 11, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The system provides many residents with waterfront living with access to the Gulf of Mexico via the broad Caloosahatchee River and Matlacha Pass. The Parks and Recreation Department maintains three public boat launching facilities. The Gulf of Mexico provides access to smaller tropical islands, rookeries, and [[Recreational fishing|sports fishing]] grounds.